Shipyards and Maritime Work: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve shipyards and maritime work: 751 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Shipyards and Maritime Work.

Washington

• Varney v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019). Marine machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, 1957-1962, 1968-1972
• Varney v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019). Marine machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
• Varney v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019). Marine machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
• Varney v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019). Marine machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
• Varney v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019). Marine machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
• Yaw v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019). Apprentice, shipfitter, structural planner and estimator at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, 1964-2001
• Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec LLC (2018). Machinist and piping inspector at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1967-1973
• Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec, LLC (2018). Machinist and piping inspector at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1967-1973
• Mikelsen v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2018). Machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, machine shop (Shop 31), approximately 1942 to 1980
• Rublee v. Carrier Corp. (2018). Machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1966-1980
• Varney v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2018). Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, 1957-1972
• Varney v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2018). Marine machinist, mechanical instrument mechanic at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, 1957-1972
• Rublee v. Carrier Corporation (1st Division, 2017). Machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1965-1980
• Woo v. General Electric Company (1st Division, 2017). Third assistant engineer at USNS PVT John R. Towle, 1949-1950
• Rublee v. Carrier Corp. (1st Division, 2016). Machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1965 to 1980
• McCROSSIN v. Imo Industries, Inc. (2015). Naval personnelman performing fire-watch at USS Trenton, Brooklyn Naval Shipyard overhaul, 1975
• McCROSSIN v. Imo Industries, Inc. (2015). Personnelman at USS Trenton, 1974-1976
• McCROSSIN v. Imo Industries, Inc. (2015). Personnelman (also stood fire watches in engine rooms) at USS Trenton, New York, 1974-1976
• Sprague v. Pfizer, Inc. (2015). Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1968-1974
• Farrow v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (1st Division, 2014). Pipefitter; design shop at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1953-1974
• Kennedy v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (2nd Division, 2014). Washington Army National Guard employee at Pier 23, Tacoma waterfront (floating machine shop FMS-789), 1964-1968
• McMann v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2014). U.S. Navy machinist repairman at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1969-1979
• Nelson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2014). Machinist's mate fireman at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, 1961
• Botts v. US (2013). Truck driver making deliveries at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1965-1980
• Hoyt v. Lockheed Shipbuilding Company (2013). Coppersmith (her father, Victor Lodahl) at Puget Sound Bridge and Dry Dock, 1948-1954
• Montaney v. JM Manufacturing Company, Inc. (1st Division, 2013). Shipyard worker at shipyards, 1960s
• Macias v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (2012). Tool keeper at Todd Shipyards, Seattle, 1978-2004
• Stevens v. CBS Corporation (2012). Boilermaker at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1974-1988
• Stevens v. CBS Corporation (2012). Similar boiler work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1974-1988
• Abbay v. Aurora Pump Company (1st Division, 2011). Ship rigger at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, 1967-1993
• Arnold v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (2nd Division, 2011). Insulator at Lockheed Shipyard
• Morgan v. Aurora Pump Co. (1st Division, 2011). Pipefitter/steamfitter at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1952-1957, 1959-1963
• Arnold v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (2nd Division, 2010). Insulator at Lockheed Shipbuilding Harbor Island shipyard, Seattle, 1962-1963
• Macias v. Mine Safety Appliances Co. (2nd Division, 2010). Tool keeper at Todd Shipyards, Seattle, 1978-2004
• Kimball v. Asbestos Corporation Ltd. (1st Division, 2008). Pipe fitter, pipe fitter's helper, and rigger at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, 1946-1986
• Taylor v. Union Carbide Corporation (2nd Division, 2008). Shipyard electrician at 1966-1969
• Herring v. Texaco, Inc. (2007). Member of the Asbestos Workers Union Local 7 at Todd Shipyards work sites, 1960s and early 1970s
• Bashore v. Fraser's Boiler Service, Inc. (1st Division, 2006). Shipyard worker at Lockheed Shipbuilding shipyard, Seattle, 1970
• Campbell v. Lockheed Shipbuilding Corp. (1st Division, 2002). Shipyard worker at Lockheed Shipyards, 1970s
• Berry v. Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. (1st Division, 2000). Machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1942, 1945-1950
• Miller v. Foster Wheeler Co. (1st Division, 1999). Seaman
• Niven v. EJ Bartells Co. (1st Division, 1999). Insulator at Todd Shipyard, 1967
• Mavroudis v. Pittsburgh-Corning Corp. (1st Division, 1997). Navy; removing old materials from the ship and maintaining and distributing stocks of new materials at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, U.S.S. Wright conversion, 1957-1963
• Brewer v. Fibreboard Corp. (1995). Marine machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1967-1988
• Krivanek v. Fibreboard Corp. (1st Division, 1993). Shipyard worker at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1950s-1960s
• Bowers v. Fibreboard Corporation (2nd Division, 1992). Boilermaker and pipefitter at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1951-1963
• Koker v. Armstrong Cork, Inc. (1st Division, 1991). Pipefitter at Todd and Lockheed Shipyards, Seattle, 1969-1971 and 1974-1986
• IN the Matter of Estate OF Foster (1st Division, 1989). Shipyard employee at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1944-1945
• Sorenson v. Raymark Industries (2nd Division, 1988). Employee at the shipyard at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, early 1940's through the mid-1970's
• Lockwood v. AC & S, Inc. (1987). Rigger at Lake Union Drydock, Seattle, 1952-1972